Thursday, September 2, 2010

Per Mertesacker is a footballer who was born on September 29, 1984 in Hannover, Germany, and he is a German footballer who plays at center back position. Mertesacker began his career at local club Hannover 96 where he played under his father's upbringing as a junior coach. Mertesacker made his debut in the league in November 2003 against Cologne. Mertesacker proved himself as one of the promising players in the Bundesliga and has a good record in 31 games. On May 13, 2006, Mertesacker last played for Hannover 96 and scored the opening goal when against Leverkusen. During 1996 in Hannover, Mertesacker is one good player with the late Robert Enke and Ballack and he set aside part through his foundation to Enke's widow named Per Mertesacker Stiftung. In August 2006, moved to Werder Bremen Mertesacker in the € 5,000,000 transfer deal after he played quite well in the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 which was ranked third. In November, he scored a goal for Bremen in the Champions League and win against Chelsea. Mertesacker received the first red card in the domestic league when Bremen against Stuttgart. Bremen is ranked second in the league in 2007-2008 season and at the end of the season, signed a two-year contract extension. In September, Mertesacker scored the opener in the German Cup semi-final in Hamburg. In the semi-finals of UEFA, Mertesacker injured torn ligament in his right ankle. Mertesacker absent in the final against Shakhtar Donetsk and the UEFA Cup final in Germany. Mertesacker scored four goals in all competitions, including as against Wolfsburg. In the 2009-2010 season, Mertesacker with Bremen win over FC Union Berlin in the DFB-Pokal. In October, he scored against Hoffenheim and in February against Leverkusen. Career with the German national team when Mertesacker in September 2004 selected by German coach Klinsmann is that time to play against Iran on October 9, 2004. At the Confederations Cup in 2005, Mertesacker played full time in every game and scored a goal in the group stage when Germany ranked third. In 2006 FIFA World Cup when Germany hosted, paired with Metzelder and Mertesacker won the match against Argentina in the quarter-finals. After Germany defeated Italy in the semi-finals, Mertesacker had surgery on one leg and the left testis during play-off. Mertesacker was elected to the UEFA Euro 2008 and played in the final. At the beginning of 2009-2010 season remain selected to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[read more]